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Recognised as Colour

#4AC8B4

  • #4AC8B4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#4AC8B4 is a cyan with RGB values 74, 200, 180 and HSL 170°, 53%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#4AC8B4#4AC8B4
HEX#4AC8B4
RGBrgb(74, 200, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.2902, 0.7843, 0.7059
RGB percentages29%, 78.4%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(170.5, 53.4%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 63%, 78.4%)
CMYK63%, 0%, 10%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,901,044
CSS custom property--colour: #4AC8B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4606WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.21:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#B5374B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0BDB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADAFB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 9Turquoise · ΔE 9.8Light seagreen · ΔE 10.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4Aquamarine · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 8.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C84A5E
Analogous#4AC875, #4A9DC8
Triadic#B44AC8, #C8B44A
Split complementary#C84A9D, #C8754A
Tetradic#754AC8, #C84A5E, #9DC84A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F8F5
Lighter +30%#BFECE5
Lighter +20%#98E0D4
Lighter +10%#71D4C4
Darker −10%#34AB98
Darker −20%#288475
Darker −30%#1C5D53
Darker −40%#103630
More saturated +25%#2CE6C8
Less saturated −25%#68ABA0

Channel breakdown

R74
G200
B180
Red74 (29%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue170.48°
Saturation (HSL)53.39%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 4A · G C8 · B B4

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